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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

A Judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has found that interference of one property owner's use of an outdoor wood furnace with his neighbours' enjoyment and use of their properties warrants an order that the furnace may not be used between April 1 and October 15. The Township of Ramara sought a permanent injunction restraining any use of the wood furnace, but the Court declined to order an all-out ban. At issue was whether the operation of the furnace "unreasonably interferes with the normal enjoyment of human life and property" for the neighbours.

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John D. Goudy, Lawyer

John is a litigator whose practice is focused in the areas of commercial and environmental litigation, expropriation law, energy regulation, and regulatory offences. He is particularly interested in agricultural issues and the regulation of agricultural land use, and lives and works on his family’s cash crop farm north of London, Ontario with his wife and three kids.

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